nightshopper

I did what I promised myself to do and that was two tabling. I combined it with Twitch and I also tried to watch some poker video's, but I was too tired and not focussed enough for that. Since I got far in both of them I only played two MTT's all evening. No cash in the Comet Nano, but I got 3rd in the Zenith :happy: I played that one with my last €2 ticket. Thanks to this result my BR is almost at €200, so I can almost play €2 tourneys without a ticket. Two tabling definitely helped me to play more focussed. As I said I was tired, so four tabling wouldn't have been good anyway. But normally I would have four tabled, just because I always do it. Maybe my goal should be not to four table anymore, at least for a while. I can play three tables when I don't feel tired at all, but most evenings I do feel rather tired so two tabling might be the way to go. To be honest, this sounds boring to myself, but I think I have to look at it in a different way. Starting BR: €170,08 Profit: €20,12 New BR: €190,20 Ticket BR: €0,00

Yesterday evening I read a bit in The Mental Game of Poker and I watched some video's on YouTube about hand selection and maths. I played the Titan Nano to practice some of the stuff I learned. I will never be a math wizard - that's an understament - but it felt really good to think about some of this stuff in a more conscious way. Because I was one tabling I remember a lot of spots, which isn't always the case when I play four tables at the same time. In one hand I hit top pair with a decent kicker on the flop. On the turn a second 2 hit and my opponent shoved. I realize this isn't enough information to discuss the hand, but my point is that I made the call without really thinking it through while I had made well considered decisions before that hand. It was an emotional decision. I mean, are you saying you called the flop with lowest pair, hit your miracle 3-outer on the turn and just shove on me? You know what, I call you! Oh... Right... You really did call with lowest pair, you really did hit your miracle 3-outer and you really did shove on me... So basically what I'm saying here is that I was playing good and made well considered decisions, but in one single hand I made a quick, emotional decision and could have lost a very big chunk of my stack. I didn't cause I hit my miracle 2-outer on the turn, but it made me realize this is a big leak. Although all of this may sound obvious, I'm sure I'm not the only one with this leak. It might be a good idea to play less tables for a while, so I can try to make well considered decisions the whole tournament. My next poker evening the goal will be to play two tables instead of four.

Yesterday I played 3 normal MTT's, 3 bounty MTT's and one qualifier. I don't think I played bad, but I got unlucky in a few important spots. I won some bounties though, so the total loss was only €2,15. Starting BR: €172,61 Loss: €2,15 New BR: €170,46 Ticket BR: €2,00 @P0kerM0nk Thanks for your reply, much appreciated! I did read a part of The Mental Game of Poker, maybe I should do that again. However, for me there has always been a big gap between theory and practice. I think you point out a very important issue: you should play like like a robot and avoid emotions. But that also means not being too excited when winning pots or money. You describe it yourself: you won 10 buy-ins on NL100 and felt amazing. After losing all of your buy-ins you hated the game. I think it's normal that poker makes you feel all those things, but I understand that big emotions often lead to bad poker decisions. Not only the negative emotions, but also the positive ones. But yes, you also say you should keep thinking about making good decisions. The decision should be your focus, not the result. The thing is I've been playing online poker for ike 20 years. I've read books, I watched video's, I watched Twitch streams,... But I haven't studied for a long time. The combination of running a family and doing a job that can be mentally heavy makes me tired, so in the evenings I don't have the energy to study. Another thing is that if I play with strict BRM I can be a winning player on Unibet on the micro stakes, without having to study. The reason why I bring up this subject is that I think that when you do study, it's easier to focus on making the right decisions whereas now I take a lot of decisions based on experience and feeling. I always think: if I would stream poker and have to explain the decisions I make, I would struggle with that. So I know it would be better to study again so I would be able to focus more on my decisions instead of the outcome, but that is gonna take a lot of mental energy which I don't always have in the evenings...

Not a good evening at the tables yesterday. I did get a 3rd place in the MotherShip Launchpad of @elron66 and I got my money back in the €150 Falling Star Bounty, but that's about it. I played 7 SNG's: one 1st place, one 2nd place and 5 not ITM. Overall I lost almost €6, but I did win a €2 and a €1 ticket. I must confess, winning 'big' - compared to the stakes I play, I mean - and then losing, has been a problem for me in the past. Mentally it was like I was entitled to keep the money I had won. So losing a part of that meant I had to win it back as soon as possible. The main goal of this challenge is to keep me from playing higher stakes than I should, wether I'd do it because I win or because I lose. I must say it didn't feel good to lose yesterday, but I tried to focus on the good feeling I got from not playing to get my losses back and the thoughts that I've been running hot since the start of this blog and that my results have been great. Of course it's a good thing this works for now, but the real challenge is to keep it this way. For certain players this might sound easy, for me it is not. But so far I'm happy with both the results and the discipline. If other players of the community recognize certain things about discipline and tilt, please feel free to post about it in this blog. It's an important issue and I'm sure players can help each other with their struggles.

Waw, this challenge has started pretty great. The beginning of tonight was a disaster though. I didn't cash the Galaxy Nano, but that was my own fault. Bluffing away a big part of your stack is a stupid thing to do in the nano's, there are plenty of opportunities to win pots in non fancy ways. Not saying you should never bluff in them of course, but I don't think you need to to get far in them. I played the Zenith with my last €2 ticket, but didn't cash. In the Falling Star Bounty I won one small bounty and in the MotherShipPoker Homegame of @elron66 I got unlucky twice in a row, losing AK preflop all in back to back against KT and A5. But then I played the 150€ Space Madness Bounty which started off great with an early double up. At some point it went downhill but I managed to get ITM. I made it to the final table with a small stack, but at the right moments I doubled up. The problem was that I didn't win any bounties at the final table. But... I got heads up and his bounty was 21 euro, while mine was only 4 euro. We started with like 125BB each and we switched positions several times. After I got lucky in a big hand I managed to stay in first place and bink it for a €30,92 profit. I'm not a player that easily binks tourneys so winning the Galaxy Nano and this one in one week makes me happy :atisfied: But again, I'm even more happy with the disciplined BRM. Starting BR: €150,97 Profit: €27,43 New BR: €178,40 Ticket BR: €0,00

Another very nice evening yesterday! In the Space Madness Bounty Nano I got a small profit. I didn't get many bounties, but I got to heads up. I was very close to winning it, but eventually I couldn't get lucky. That sucked, cause now my total profit was only €3,41 while his bounty alone was worth more than €6. I decided to use my €5 ticket for my favourite one, the Ante Solar. My good Twitch friend @AntManB joined me and we got heads up. Of course he luckboxed his way to the win :dissatisfied:No just kidding, it was a great heads up and as usual he played great. I was very satisfied with my second place and a profit of €16,67. Starting BR: €135,45 Profit: €15,52 New BR: €150,97 Ticket BR: €2,00

Another winning session. No cashes in the €1 Falling Star Bounty, €2 Singularity (with a ticket) and Comet Nano, but a 4th place in the Sputnik Omaha Nano and an 8th place in the Galaxy Nano got me a €6,22 profit. At one point I only had the Sputnik Omaha Nano left. I fired up two SNG's but I also one tabled for a while. Most of the times I play four tables at the same time. But certainly when I feel tired I think it's better to reduce the amount of tables, so I make better decisions. Starting BR: €129,19 Profit: €6,26 New BR: €135,45 Ticket BR: €5,00

13/7 Losing session moneywise, but won a €2 and a €5 MTT ticket. Starting BR: €109,83 Loss: €4,03 New BR: €105,80 Ticket BR: €9,00 15/7 No big results, very small profit. Starting BR: €105,80 Profit: €1,00 New BR: €106,80 Ticket BR: €9,00 16/7 I played mainly SNG's, but it didn't go well. Starting BR: €106,80 Loss: €2,50 New BR: €104,30 Ticket BR: €7,00 21/7 I spent a few days in France with family, so didn't play any poker for a while. My first evening back at the tables was the best since the start of the challenge. First I got 3rd in the homegame of Unibet streamer Lulu Luna for a €7,97 profit and then I binked the €50 Galaxy Nano for a €18,6 profit.No matter what the buy in or the prize money of a tournament is, a win always feels good 🆒 I also feel good about the boost of my BR, but the most important thing for me is that I feel motivated to play with disciplined bankroll management. After all, that is what this challenge is about. Starting BR: €104,30 Profit: €24,89 New BR: €129,19 Ticket BR: €7,00

My second session started as a disaster. I played the €50 Space Madness Bounty, €300 Leaderboard Low Bounty, €200 Supernova Nano, €50 Sputnik Omaha Nano, €150 Space Madness Bounty and a qualifier for a €5 ticket. I cashed none of them. I wasn't playing terrible I think, but things just didn't go my way. But I also played 11 €1 SNG's: 4 wins, 2 2nd places and 5 not ITM. I ended up with a profit of 84 cents :atisfied: Not great, but after my MTT disaster evening I feel good about it. Starting BR: €108,99 Profit: €0,84 New BR: €109,83 Ticket BR: €2,00

Thanks guys! I've been playing online poker for almost 20 years now, but always recreational. Discipline and tilt always have been an issue for me, but I keep on looking for ways to make it better. Not playing every day is one of those things. @successlaw When I play I usually start somewhere between 19h and 20h CET. During the week my evening usually ends around midnight, depending on how deep I run of course. In the weekends I often play a bit later. @LeVsKaRa I'll take a look at your topic, it's useful to read how someone else approaches this issue. In theory I know everything of course, but in practice the emotions often take over. But as you said, I really hope a blog can help me with that. @Merenitsu It's nice of you to think I have discipline, from now on I'll try to show you I do have it 😉 My first day of this challenge went well. I played 5 MTT's, 4 qualifiers for tickets and 2 SNG's. In the €150 Falling Star Bounty I got 9th with some bounties, in the €150 Space Madness Bounty I got 3th with some bounties and in the Mothership Poker Main Event (the @elron66 homegame) I got 6th and ITM. I also won a €2 and a €1 MTT ticket. No cashes in the SNG's. Starting BR: €100 Profit: €8,99 New BR: €108,99 Ticket BR: €3,00 Oh, I also played the €25 Neptune rebuy since I still had two tickets for that one. Unfortunately I busted 5 from the money. But it's ok, I'm gonna focus on this challenge from now on. Discipline for the win 👼

Hey everyone! I'm not a regular customer of this unibet community forum, but I am a very regular viewer of the Unibet poker streams on Twitch. I've been playing poker on Unibet for a few years now, but I don't always play as disciplined as I want to. Recently I decided to 'just' play three evenings a week. Now I decided to start a kind of challenge and also to share it with the community. I play MTT's and SNG's and I start with a bankroll of €100. The main rule is that I don't spend more than 1% of my bankroll on one tourney. That means for now I can only play nano MTT's, some €1 MTT's like the Falling Star Bounty and the Space Madness Bounty and €1 SNG's. Of course I can also play €1 qualifiers. That will allow me to sometimes play €5 MTT's like my favourite one, the Ante Solar. When my bankroll is €200 I can play stuff like the €2 Singularities, the Zenith and the Wormhole. And so on... Since I only play 3 evenings a week this challenge will probably go pretty slowly, but the main goal for me is to play with discipline. I'll post my progress here and of course you can also find me on the Unibet poker streams on Twitch :atisfied: Tonight will be my first evening of this challenge. I still have 2 tickets for the €25 Neptune Rebuy, so I'll also play that one tonight. Since one buy in and an add on for that MTT equals 50% of my bankroll, this is a big high roller for me 🆒 If I get in the money in that one, the winnings won't count for this challenge. Let's gooooooooo!

Yes! Yes! Yes! Please! Yes!

Sorry if this question was already asked and answered, but how can we qualify for the smaller Unibet Open events during this UOS? I mean E111, E117, E123 and E128. They have a UOS number so I guess you can qualify through UOS satellites? But they're also UO events, so can you also qualify through UO qualifiers? Or are those ones just for E129?

Can I have access please? Thanks!

@Kliedz_Zivju Thanks for pointing out! @Purps Thanks for correcting the link!

I don't think he promoted himself here yet: mister Lyle Bateman from Canada, a very friendly, well mannered guy who plays mostly nano and some micro MTT's on Unibet. If you like a friendly and entertaining stream on Twitch, join him on https://www.twitch.tv/elron66 Hope to see you all there!

Yeah this is insane. Our nice Twitch chat box has been hijacked :(

Nelutzu, I understand your feelings. I must say, I have played on several poker sites for the last 13 or 14 years. I'm sad to say my conclusion is that every single poker site is rigged... But I've got good news. I'm working on a poker site which isn't rigged, so that literally every hand will be won by the statistical favorite. It's gonna be great. Not that exciting, but at least no one will ever experience that disgusting feeling of injustice again. No more broken screens, mouses or keyboards. I hope to meet you and many others at fairtradepoker.com very soon!